Published November 2, 2009 by NACLA Report on the Americas.

By Bill Weinberg / NACLA

After the indigenous uprising in Peru's Amazon region in June, the country is in many ways fundamentally changed. For the first time, indigenous leaders from the rainforest are in direct dialogue with the highest levels of government. For the first time, a powerful alliance has emerged between rainforest peoples, highland campesinos, and urban workers, who joined in the protest campaign. The days when Lima's political elite could treat the rainforest as an internal colony seem definitively over.

Published October 29, 2009 by KRGV.com.

By Alex Trevnio / KRGV

MISSION - One woman was sold on an auction block. Another became an involuntary servant in the land of the free.

"Human slavery, we have it. It is in our neighborhood but a lot of people don't want to see it," says Jaime Ortiz, a coordinator for the South Texas Civil Rights Project.

"Slavery is still here in our neighborhood in the Rio Grande Valley."

Published October 18, 2009 by the Austin American-Statesman.

By Steven Kreytalk / American-Statesman

They sat in the sun at City Hall Plaza on Saturday and listened to songs protesting war and to speeches declaring health care a human right.

The afternoon rally, attended by more than 120 people, carried a simple message, said organizer Alyssa Burgin of Texans For Peace: "The money we are spending killing people in Afghanistan and Iraq could be better used to save people here in America."

Musician Will T. Massey sang "bring them home, bring them home" while strumming his guitar.

Published October 15, 2009 by Alternet.

As the corporate media picks up on the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, Gov. Perry is going to desperate lengths to cover it up.

By Liliana Segura / Alternet

Published October 15, 2009 by the Guardian.

Jurors read from scripture as they deliberated on whether Khristian Oliver should be sentenced to death

By Chris McGreal / the Guardian

The Texas jury didn't hesitate to find Khristian Oliver guilty of shooting and bludgeoning an elderly man to death. Oliver had stood over his bleeding victim, repeatedly hitting him in the head with a rifle butt before robbing his house.

But then came the difficult decision over whether to sentence Oliver to death, and that's when the Bibles came into their own.

Published October 6, 2009 by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

By Gordon Dickson / Star-Telegram

The Texas Department of Transportation has formally pulled the plug on the Trans Texas Corridor, a hotly contested plan to build toll roads, rail lines and utilities across the state, officials said.

But the state’s once-lofty plan to build $184 billion worth of new statewide infrastructure promises to live on in the governor’s race, where the need to reduce gridlock is often pitted against issues such as property rights, the impact of tolls on residents’ pocketbooks and foreign control of toll projects.

Published October 1, 2009 by the San Antonio Express-News.

By Lynn Brezosky / Express-News

BROWNSVILLE — The 15-year death toll of unauthorized immigrants trying to enter the United States has topped 5,600 and should be recognized as “an international humanitarian crisis,” U.S. and Mexican civil rights groups said in a report Wednesday.

Published September 30, 2009 by the Washington Post.

Rise Is Despite Fewer Crossers, U.S. and Mexican Groups Say

By Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post

Published September 24, 2009 by the El Paso Times.

By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times

EL PASO -- Low-income workers in El Paso are at risk for wage theft by employers who exploit their labor and mislead them about their employment terms, worker advocates say.